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Jeff Bachman

Jeff Bachman is a professor of human rights and co-director of Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs at American University’s School of International Service.

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ViewsWednesday, January 28, 2015 - 7:00amTrust Reality Rather Than President Obama's Words on Drones"As Americans, we respect human dignity, even when we're threatened, which is why I've...worked to make sure our use of new technology like drones is properly constrained." —President Obama A message to President Obama: saying something does not make it so. How does killing people, so many of them...Read more

ViewsMonday, December 15, 2014 - 12:00pmFrom Torturing to Killing Innocent People: This Is Who We AreFollowing the long awaited release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's "Committee Study of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program," President Barack Obama proclaimed, "Throughout our history, the United States of America has done more than any other nation to stand up for...Read more

ViewsThursday, November 20, 2014 - 2:45pm'Foreign Victims of America’s Wars' DayAs Billy finds in Slaughterhouse V , the destruction caused by war cannot be rewound; it cannot be undone. Those who were killed stay dead. Children who lost parents stay orphans. And parents who lost children continue to mourn. War by its very nature removes the autonomy of some as decided by...Read more

ViewsSunday, May 25, 2014 - 10:00amObama Did Not End TortureOn January 9, 2009, then President-elect Barack Obama announced , in what was to be a departure from Bush administration era “war-on-terror” tactics: "I was clear throughout this campaign and was clear throughout this transition that under my administration the United States does not torture.” In...Read more

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